----- "Wolfgang Spraul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The short story is that we are in a protracted battle with some patent > trolls. Google for Sisvel.
Best of luck folks! :-( It's worth bearing in mind that Alcatel appear to own patents on MP3 too as they recently got US$1.5 billion in damages from Microsoft for infringement of them.. http://ipgeek.blogspot.com/2007/02/you-thought-paying-sisvel-ended-your.html # Those companies already had their share of unpleasant # surprises when they were forced to pay Sisvel, # Philips’ licensing arm, for Philip’s mp3 patents. Most of # them paid the license fee, adding to the manufacturing costs # of consumer electronics. That made Alcatel’s attorney tell # the US jury: "We invented it and everybody else is making # money off of it." More trouble than it's worth I think. So glad we've got Ogg, Vorbis, Theora and FLAC! -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
